Posted on 06/28/2016 7:03:30 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Hezbollah to send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo
Lebanese ally of Syrian government acknowledges heavy losses but vows to fight on as "retreat is not permissible".
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has said he will send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo area, a battleground where it has suffered heavy losses fighting alongside Syrian government forces against rebel groups.
Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that thousands of Hezbollah's Sunni foes had recently entered Syria via the Turkish border with the aim of taking over Aleppo and its surrounding countryside.
"We are facing a new wave...of projects of war against Syria which are being waged in northern Syria, particularly in the Aleppo region," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast live on the group's Al Manar TV.
Shia, Iranian-backed Hezbollah has long supported President Bashar al-Assad against mostly Sunni rebels.
"The defence of Aleppo is the defence of the rest of Syria, it is the defence of Damascus, it is also the defence of Lebanon, and of Iraq," he said.
"We will increase our presence in Aleppo," he said. "Retreat is not permissible."
Nasrallah also denied Hezbollah was in imminent fiscal trouble as a result of a US law banning banks worldwide from dealing with the group.
Last month, Lebanon's central bank instructed the country's banks and financial institutions to comply with the new measure.
But Nasrallah said on Friday that Hezbollah would not be affected because it receives its money directly from Iran, not via Lebanese banks.
"We do not have any business projects or investments via banks," Nasrallah said, insisting the group "will not be affected".
"We are open about the fact that Hezbollah's budget, its income, its expenses, everything it eats and drinks, its weapons and rockets, are from the Islamic Republic of Iran," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
Muslim savages killing each other can only be viewed as a win for civilization. I wish both sides success in this battle.
Go Hezbollah!
Wait a minute, I think my brain just snapped. The planet has tilted on its axis. :-)
Apparently, “retreat is not permissible”, but dying is!
A FReeper made the comment yesterday that ISIS’s entire supply line to Turkey has been reduced to 1000 yards wide.
After that is closed, they’re toast!
Hey when it’s not your money it’s easy to spend:-)
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